Mark Oppenlander

Mark Oppenlander began his guitar studies at the age of seven years old at Taylor’s Music Store in West Chester, PA. Mark began his tenure as a guitar instructor at Taylor’s in 1980 where he teaches full time to this day.

After graduating Unionville High School in 1978, he attended the College of Music at Temple University in Philadelphia where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1983.

At Temple he met oboist Jill Haley with whom he co-founded the music trio One Alternative. One Alternative has performed all over the east coast of the United States and has had its music broadcasted throughout the world. The trio has released six recordings of original music with the latest called “Pendulum” released in 2003.

Mark also performs as a solo classical, steel six string and twelve string guitarist. He plays instrumental music in a variety of styles including, classical, flamenco, popular, and folk.

Jill Haley

Jill Haley’s oboe and English horn playing draws from classical, folk, and jazz styles creating a sound that is her own. She can be heard on numerous nationally released CD’s by many artists. She also can be heard playing original music with her trio, “One Alternative”. Several orchestras also use Jill to perform in their oboe section.

After graduating from Temple University, Jill formed a trio, One Alternative, with 2 guitarists. They have created 6 CD’s, and performed throughout the country over the last 20 years. Jill drew on the improvising skills she developed accompanying folk singer, Kevin Roth, to compose and create solos in One Alternative’s music. The trio’s music has been heard worldwide through radio and television airplay.

Jill has also worked as an accompanying musician in concerts and in the recording studio for Will Ackerman, founder and guitarist of Windham Hill Records. She has played concerts throughout the country for almost 20 years with this innovative guitarist. Jill created oboe parts for one of Will’s compositions on Windham Hill records. This led to numerous sessions recordings for other musicians at Imaginary Road Studios. She has recorded with many solo pianists and guitarists, usually creating solos over their compositions.

Her work with Will Ackerman also led to an opportunity to record a holiday piece on a Polygram release, “On a Winter’s Night,” with her husband, guitarist David Cullen. David and Jill also recorded their first album of original music, “Exploding Colors,” on SolidAir Records. They perform their original music at recitals and concerts throughout the area.

In the classical vein, Jill also performs regularly as an oboist and English horn player with the York, Pottstown, and Schuylkill Symphonies.

Dana Allaband

A native of Minersville, Pennsylvania, Dana Allaband studied under Simon Maurer, Sylvia Ahramjian, James Stern and Arnold Steinhardt and has received degrees from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and University of Maryland. Dana has concertized in Venezuela, Romania, Cameroon, Carnegie Hall and various universities across the country. She is principal second violinist of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as an orchestral musician with the Baltimore, Annapolis, Allentown Symphonies. As an active chamber musician, she performs with Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, is second violinist of “Elysian Camerata”, violinist in the piano trio “Salisi” and appears as a guest artist with the Gabriel Chamber Ensemble. Expressing her interest in various genres of music, Dana has performed rock music with Rachel Barton Pine, tango music with Trifilio Tango and Indy Rock music in the Azrael String Quartet with Philadelphia singer/songwriter Andrew Lipke.

Ms. Weiderhold is most recently the recipient of the 2016 LLMEA Private Teacher Award. Dana coaches chamber music at the Bear Crossing Chamber Music String Camp each summer as well as Vermont Music and Arts at Lyndon State College, VT. She is currently on faculty at the Linden Hall School, adjunct professor at Albright College and maintains a private studio located in the heart of West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Grayson Lake

Hailing from Lionville, Pennsylvania, Grayson started his musical endeavors on cello at the age of seven. Within a few years he picked up the electric bass and applied his classical chops to the more contemporary genres of rock, reggae, funk, indy and folk. Along with joining ONE ALTERNATIVE in 2022 he is also a member of the Coatesville based band Manali. When not rehearsing or playing music Grayson helps spread the love of music to the general public through his employment at Taylors Music Store in West Chester.

Tony Deangelis

I was born in the suburbs of Reading, Pennsylvania and started playing the drums at age 6. By the age of 9, I was playing in my first rock group, The TDC Trio. We even performed in public.

I attended Muhlenberg School District where I played in anything that involved music. Outside of school, I was in various rock bands that played the likes of Rush, The Who, and The Police . I first started to enjoy jazz drumming once I joined the high school jazz band.

I decided to pursue a life of music so I moved to Boston and attended Berklee College of Music, where I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. Berklee was very good to me. Not only did I have a chance to study with the top musicians (Ian Froman, Joe Hunt, Hal Crook, George Garzone, Livingston Taylor, etc.) I had a chance to play with those that were up and coming at the time. (i.e. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Roy Hargrove, Geoff Keezer, Antonio Hart, Dwayne Burno!)

In 1990, I moved to Philadelphia and became part of the local music scene. I have been fortunate to have played with the likes of Charles Fambrough, Jerry Nieman, Ralph Bowen, Al Grey, Tony Miceli, Matthew Parrish, Jim Ridl, and John Swana. Throughout the years, I have performed clinics, judged high school jazz festivals, and recorded jingles and soundtracks for NFL Films. Amongst others, I have participated in the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival and Friends of Pennsylvania Jazz Festival.

Currently, I am performing regularly at various venues in Southeastern Pennsylvania with numerous musicians/groups, including The Dave Thomas Trio, The Dave Wilson Quartet, and The Tom Pontz Project.